Title:
Raising the Davit
Object ID:
2016.299.10
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Description:
Photograph of volunteer crewmembers working to raise the forward portside davit on LST-325 with the manual handcranks. The davit being used was not original to the ship (added in the 1960s) and was removed not long after the photograph was taken. The photograph was taken from the 01 level and the photograph was likely Lee Adams.
Place:
Mobile Bay, Mobile, AL
Copyright:
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